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Are you experiencing a relentless cycle of infections? Do they seem to clear up only to return with a vengeance? Here are eight effective treatment options to help you break the pattern for good.

A severe allergic reaction can be life-threatening. However, an epinephrine pen might save your life in such a situation. Learn more about how it works and why it's crucial to use it immediately.

Asthma is a lung condition that typically develops in childhood and persists into adulthood. It’s not unusual for children to outgrow the condition; an estimated 50% do. For those who don’t, it’s critical to understand how to manage their asthma.

Are you dealing with pesky fine lines, or has your face lost some of its youthful volume? Botox® and dermal fillers are two cosmetic treatments that are perfect for turning back the hands of time. Which choice is best for your needs?

Imagine suddenly developing an allergy to a food you've eaten and enjoyed your whole life. It might seem improbable, but it's more common than you might realize. If it happens to you, what can you do about it?

Are you struggling with red, itchy skin and don't know why? It might be contact dermatitis. We walk you through everything you need to know about this condition: its triggers, symptoms, and, most importantly, how to treat it.

Are you looking to break free from the cycle of allergy symptoms and medications? Immunotherapy could be your answer. Learn how it works, its various forms, and how it might significantly reduce or even eliminate your allergies.

Asthma treatment is a partnership between you and your doctor. While medical management is vital for everyone with asthma, you also need to take steps to minimize asthma attacks in your daily life. Fortunately, those steps aren’t complicated.

Patient Gets Life Back Thanks To Allergy Shots They say it’s the little things in life that matter, and for Teresa Sell, it was a little shot that let those simple but so important things back into her life.

There is something special about the mother-daughter relationship. Sometimes, if you’re lucky, the connection comes easy. It is enriching. For Dr. Patricia Dinger, Founder of Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, and her mother, Nelda Gomez...

I vowed, last year, that I would not suffer another mountain cedar season in San Antonio. And now, I am finally making good on that promise. Let me begin by sharing a little about my history with allergies.

The awareness of the Teal Pumpkin Project, a now world-wide initiative to promote inclusiveness of kids with food allergies at Halloween, is growing, according to Dr. Patricia Gomez Dinger.

Physician Assistant Chelsea Russell clearly remembers what it was like walking into Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology for the first time. She and her husband, Sean, were new to San Antonio and the wide range of allergens it has to offer.

In June, two young patients walked through our Advanced Allergy door filled with newfound hope.

This time of year, I often think about a patient I had who came to see me because she felt she was getting various infections on a very regular basis. She reported ear infections, sinus infections, bronchitis, and even pneumonia.

Dr. Dinger was recently quoted in an article on Oak Tree Pollen levels in South Texas. Looks like the worst is behind us, which is good news for oak tree pollen sufferers.

A phone call with my husband earlier this month went like this: “Honey, are you allergic to penicillin?” “Ah. I don’t think so – but maybe.” I paused before asking my husband for clarification.

Teal – definitely the new orange, this fall! Especially if you were at Bulverde United Methodist Church‘s famed pumpkin patch and the FARE Walk San Antonio!

Blog written by Erin Kirwan for Advanced Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology One look at Cadence and you can’t help but notice her bright smiling eyes and the large bow that tops her head of blonde curls like a crown on a princess.

“Life was miserable for my little guy,” says Jacqueline Ortiz-Wilson. Jacqueline’s talking about her 8-year-old son, Reid. Reid has allergic asthma. Jacqueline says a persistent cough has been with her son since he was little.

If you would have asked me some 20 years ago whether I would one day work along side my mother, I would have probably nodded my head, yes, emphatically. It was my dream.

At Advanced Allergy, it is our mission to serve and help our patients. Since we began offering Oral Immunotherapy for Peanut Allergy (OIT) in August of 2015, we now have patients traveling to us from Houston, Austin and other towns outside of San Antonio.

When you embark on the journey of Oral Immunotherapy, or OIT, as allergy patients commonly call it, you are well aware of the risk of a reaction, or worse, anaphylaxis.

As a mom of three children, none of whom have a potentially life threatening peanut allergy, it is hard to imagine what living life with one, is like. Except I see it everyday.

By now, you are probably anxious for mountain cedar to make its grand exit. Be gone. Disappear. Sayonara cedar. Well fellow cedar allergy sufferers, hang tight. The pollen from the juniper tree, commonly called mountain cedar,...

FARE : www.foodallergy.org What’s scarier than Ghouls and Goblins at Halloween? A candy basket, can be, when you or your little monster has a potentially fatal food allergy. Something as simple a candy wrapper that slightly open amid a bowl full of treats

Oh, mountain cedar, how we loathe you. Your distinctive bark peels and sheds like an unwelcome snake. Your flimsy evergreen branches populate our hills, backyards, and areas of limestone more so than almost any other tree.

As a mom of twins plus one more just a year apart, I am all too familiar with chaos! Don’t get me wrong – it is usually good chaos but chaos nonetheless. When the kids were all toddlers it was not uncommon to see one heading in every direction.

If you watched the news recently you may have heard about a new allergy pill that may “replace allergy shots” for treatment of severe allergic rhinitus. That’s when your immune system overreacts to substances you’ve inhaled, like pollen.

Dr.Gomez Dinger wrote this article featured in Dog and Cat Magazine’s December 2014 issue. She added new information learned from a recent patient experience.